Online psychological therapies

Evaluating the impact of the change to online psychological therapies in the context of COVID-19.

Underserved communities

The advent of a shift to online therapies (as a result of the coronavirus pandemic) raised the question of the accessibility of such services to previously underserved communities. Our initial research focused on scoping the impact of this change, but more from the point of view of professionals (see research outputs).

Current status

• We are currently designing a research project prior to applying for funding, a project that will focus on all three of our priorities, i.e., strengthening practice, promoting whānau voices, and enhancing education.

Outcomes

Research outputs

• Classen, B., Tudor, K., du Preez, E., Day, E., Ioane, J., & Rodgers, B. (2021). An integrative review of contemporary perspectives on videoconference-based therapy—prioritising indigenous and ethnic minority populations in the global south. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 6(3), 545-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-021-00209-3
• Day, E., & Thomas-Anttila, K. (2021). In person online: What trainee psychotherapists discovered about online clinical work. Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand, 25(1), 89-105. https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2021.07
• Day, E., & Thomas-Anttila, K. (2021). Zoomed out: Trainee psychotherapist perspectives on online clinical work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.71080
• Embleton Tudor, L., O’Neill, G., Solomon, M., & Tudor, K. (2021). Reflections on online psychotherapy in the age of COVID-19. Psychotherapy and counselling during and after COVID-19: Practical, political, philosophical, and cultural considerations [Special issue]. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. 9(1). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.71074
• Ioane, J., Knibbs, C., & Tudor, K. (2021). The challenge of security and accessibility: Critical perspectives on the rapid move to online therapies in the age of COVID-19. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1581
• Ioane, J., Percival, T., Laban, W., & Lambie, I. (2021). All-of-community by all-of-government: Reaching Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1553), 96-103.
• O’Neill, G., Stawiarski, B., Clay, T., Kohu-Morgan, H., Morris, G., Ansara, G., & Tudor, K. (2021). Indigenous psychotherapy, COVID-19, and the online space: Yarning about challenges and opportunities. Psychotherapy and counselling during and after COVID-19: Practical, political, philosophical, and cultural considerations [Special issue]. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. 9(1). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.71073
• Price-Robertson, R., Bloch-Atefi, A., Snell, T., Day, E., & O’Neill, G. (2020). Editorial: Reflections on psychotherapy and counselling from COVID-19 lockdown. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. 8(1). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.71250
• Rodgers, B., Tudor, K., & Ashcroft, A. (2021). Online video conferencing therapy and the person-centered approach in the context of a global pandemic. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 20(4), 286-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2021.1898455
• Rodgers, B., Tudor, K., & Sutherland, A. (2022). An integrative review of the person‐centred and experiential therapy literature on delivering individual video counselling and psychotherapy. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 24(1), 16–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12600
• Tudor, K., Bettman, C., Bloch-Atefi, A., Day, E., Hsi, T., Loewenthal, D., Kee Low, P., O, N. G., & van Deurzen, E. (2021). Psychotherapy practice, education, and training during the coronavirus pandemic: Members of the editorial board of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia share their experiences. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. 9(1). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.71231
• Tudor, K., & Murphy, D. (2021). Online therapies and the person-centered approach. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 20(4), 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2021.2000139

Community relationships

In undertaking this work, we built relationships especially with colleagues in professional communities here, in Australia, and in the UK.